NASA’s Curiosity rover conducted its first successful wet-chemistry experiment on Mars, revealing a diverse array of ancient organic molecules in a 3.5-billion-year-old rock. Nathalie Cabrol, Director of the Carl Sagan Center for Research at the SETI Institute, examines what the results mean and why they are important (even though they are #NotAliens).
Learn more: https://www.seti.org/news/rethinking-organics-on-mars/
The Pentagon has been releasing and declassifying files on UFOs. Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute, recently joined CBS News with analysis. "Unfortunately, it's probably not aliens; it's probably the humans." #notaliens
Watch: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/senior-seti-institute-astronomer-reacts-new-pentagon-ufo-files/
SETI Institute President and CEO Bill Diamond recently responded to questions about the governmental release of files on UAP/UFO information collected over decades: "Much ado about nothing." #notaliens
🔭 Could we detect technology on a distant exoplanet?
SETI Institute scientist Dr. Chenoa Tremblay led one of the most sensitive radio searches yet for technosignatures from K2-18b. While no artificial signals were found, the team's new techniques will help make future SETI searches even more powerful.
Learn more: https://www.newsweek.com/scientists-just-scanned-one-planet-for-alien-signals-12206326
